Trapsmith: Bat Trap

Standing over Robin’s motionless body, Gavin felt a slight pang of regret. Maybe he shouldn’t have teased the youth about his lack of experience. Robin’s bold charge of the albino dire bat had been glorious, but the fiendish bat had savaged the boy’s chest to a bloody pulp in return.

Scrounging through the boy’s pockets revealed some coins, which Gavin pocketed, and a can of ham, some wire, and several doses of medicine that relieved pain. Knowing that the bat would return—drawn in by the boy’s blood—Gavin had an idea. The albino dire bat was nothing more than an oversized mouse with wings. And trapsmiths know everything about building a better mouse trap.

Again Gavin felt that small pang of regret as he prepared Robin’s body, but it couldn’t be helped. At least the reward money for the albino dire bats’ fur would soothe his feelings.

Dungeon security has much in common with pest control, with adventurers being the pest and traps the control. The bat trap uses a body as bait. The bait has been prepped with several doses of medicine. The can of ham is opened, and the metal from the can is cut into many razor-sharp pieces that are attached to pieces of wire. Two of the larger metal pieces are attached to the bait’s hands. In its final form the bat trap will sedate, grab, and rend.